A Parisian drag cabaret club that has hosted singers such as Liza Minnelli and Serge Gainsbourg is closing its doors due to financial struggles. Chez Michou, which lies in the hilltop neighborhood of ...

Chez Michou, the risqué Paris cabaret club that inspired the 1978 French film, La Cage aux Folles (which was remade in the US in 1996 as The Birdcage), has closed its doors after 68 years. Clients at ...

Michou, a legend of the Paris night scene who helped inspire the comedy classic "La Cage aux Folles", died Sunday at the age of 88. A trailblazer who established drag cabaret in France, Michou died in ...

Dressed habitually in blue, he is instantly recognisable in France, in part from his many TV appearances (Pictures by AFP) “I hope you’re enjoying your dinner,” says Michou, an energetic 87-year-old ...

MICHOU, the colourful, outrageous and off-beat trendsetter of Paris night life, has died aged 88. He was a trailblazer who established drag cabaret in France and owned one of the most flamboyant (and ...

For more than half a century, the most flamboyant figure in Paris’s liveliest district was a bouffant-haired man with a single name: Michou. Habitually dressed in blue – often with a blue satin jacket ...

Better known as the "man in blue" for the colour he was famously decked out in, top to toe, Michou has been described as a mythical figure of Paris nightlife. Born Michel Catty, Michou was awarded the ...

After 68 years in the burlesque business, Sunday's performance will be the last, the managers of the cabaret Chez Michou wrote on Facebook last week. A liquidator will be appointed from 16 July 2024, ...